Introducing Torhead for Star Wars: The Old Republic

A couple of our favorite administrators here at Wowhead have been in a galaxy far far away, toiling away overtime on a special project of ours as of late. You see, we love MMORPGs and we're always trying out other games besides World of Warcraft. As we got further into the Star Wars: The Old Republic beta, we really liked what BioWare was doing, so we decided to bring what we've learned from Wowhead to new database: Torhead.

Torhead replicates the quality you've come to love on Wowhead. Featuring the same tools and features we've been offering World of Warcraft players for so long, the only difference between the databases is that this one is for SWTOR!

With that said, please join me in welcoming Torhead to the Wowhead family. This is the first website we've released since Wowhead that's shared our name and we're really proud to be its sister site--both in name and spirit. It's a huge step for us and one we're all excited to see happen for BioWare's new epic.

And if you're not into Star Wars: The Old Republic, don't worry! Wowhead's focus hasn't changed and its staff is still fully engrossed in the game; Wowhead is as strong as ever, with more features underway. For example, we've promoted a few volunteers to paid staff--Aryu and Perculia--two months ago to help grow Wowhead.

All in all, we love having the option to provide you guys with professional staff for a fansite and it's all thanks to your support. Thanks everyone!

Comments

Comment by endall77

on 2011/11/21 00:01:36

I so hope SWTOR lives up to half of its hype so that WOW will lose even more then the millions of subscriptions this year alone. How many more subscriptions most WOW lose before they fire the person responsible, Ghostcrawler "Greg Street"?

Comment by Ashelia

on 2011/11/21 00:04:56

I so hope SWTOR lives up to half of its hype so that WOW will lose even more then the millions of subscriptions this year alone. How many more subscriptions most WOW lose before they fire the person responsible, Ghostcrawler "Greg Street"?

I really would like this thread to remain civil to WoW and SWTOR, so please refrain from talking about negative feelings for either game. SWTOR is a fun venture (and one I really hope succeeds), but not at the expense of World of Warcraft. I know many people will be subscribed to both.

To introduce SWTOR into the "head" family is a pretty big deal for us--and I hope you guys can join me in celebrating that...rather than bashing a certain crab people either love or hate ;)

Comment by Rankkor

on 2011/11/21 00:05:57

I for one welcome our fellow MMO brothers and sisters, may TOR and WOW enjoy a steadfast friendship as oposed to zealot flame-wars :S

I have found something slightly....... disturbing on TORhead.

Checked Lightsabers and OMG THERE ARE OVER 700+ OF THEM. I mean WTF? wow has 500 1handed swords and we're already on the third expansion almost 7 years later, TOR hasn't even launched and has 700 lightsabers? for real? damn O_O

I've noticed that the talent calculator is not online yet :P but that's ok, the site is still being ironed out, so far I like it, and depending on if I can afford it I will try to play both games.

Comment by Rankkor

on 2011/11/21 00:08:41

I so hope SWTOR lives up to half of its hype so that WOW will lose even more then the millions of subscriptions this year alone. How many more subscriptions most WOW lose before they fire the person responsible, Ghostcrawler "Greg Street"?

tsk tsk tsk, this amount of negativity isn't good for you, or us, or anyone else.

Comment by jumbodog

on 2011/11/21 00:22:42

I'm just curious as to what your logic was for ignoring RIFT. ZAM does have a site for RIFT but it's a pale imitation of Wowhead. I did the RIFT trial and one of the reasons (but not the only reason) I didn't subscribe was because there was no RIFThead. It was bloody annoying trying to track down gear for RIFT.

Don't misunderstand. I'm glad there is one for TOR. I just wish there was one for RIFT too.

Comment by Rankkor

on 2011/11/21 00:25:26

I'm just curious as to what your logic was for ignoring RIFT. ZAM does have a site for RIFT but it's a pale imitation of Wowhead. I did the RIFT trial and one of the reasons (but not the only reason) I didn't subscribe was because there was no RIFThead. It was bloody annoying trying to track down gear for RIFT.

Don't misunderstand. I'm glad there is one for TOR. I just wish there was one for RIFT too.

not that I'd like to bash rift, but I think its fair to say that Rift's quality is nowhere near the caliber of Wow, or TOR.

TOR is at least in my opinion the first decent MMO to be released since wow. Time will tell if bioware will continue to polish and improve it to make it even better. But for the time being, what we've all seen so far looks nothing short of stunning.

Comment by poozer

on 2011/11/21 00:35:39

this is very cool news! would you ever consider doing one for DCUO?

Comment by Nathanyal

on 2011/11/21 00:39:16

I so hope SWTOR lives up to half of its hype so that WOW will lose even more then the millions of subscriptions this year alone. How many more subscriptions most WOW lose before they fire the person responsible, Ghostcrawler "Greg Street"?

tsk tsk tsk, this amount of negativity isn't good for you, or us, or anyone else.

Would be best to ignore him for the most part. You should look at he comments and posts and you'll find out why.

OT: Never seen a SW movie, I have been meaning to watch them but never got around to it. I did sign up for the beta access a week or so ago and would like to give it a try if I am able to. I might not be able to play it live though but it wouldn't hurt to see what it'll be like. I also have a few WoW friends that plan on playing some ToR so I know I'll have friends to help me if i decide to play.

Comment by Nathanyal

I really would like this thread to remain civil to WoW and SWTOR, so please refrain from talking about negative feelings for either game. SWTOR is a fun venture (and one I really hope succeeds), but not at the expense of World of Warcraft. I know many people will be subscribed to both.

To introduce SWTOR into the "head" family is a pretty big deal for us--and I hope you guys can join me in celebrating that...rather than bashing a certain crab people either love or hate ;)

I'll just leave this here.

Comment by ZJPV1

on 2011/11/21 01:07:25

A few weeks ago I said to myself "Wow, I hope they have a Wowhead for TOR!" I knew you guys wouldn't let me down :)

Comment by MaveOnline

on 2011/11/21 01:17:14

I'm in love already.

Comment by Gremlock

The thing that gets me is that you are comparing apples and oranges. Hypothetically speaking say Diablo III comes out but there is also an announcement that there will be a new Legend of Zelda would you be like "oh man Diablo is gonan fail cause Legend of Zelda is gonna bury it blah blah blah". I think the only thing that gets people is that there is a subscription fee attached.

I had a Rift subscription and never let my WoW sub lapse. Rift was fun, and I prolly would a hung out longer, but the guild I was in disbanded to play the APB beta and wait on SWTOR. Some people can and do afford to play multiple sub games and find time and enjoyment of being able to choose the universe that they wish to play in for the day. Not every game has to be your one and only time sink. Nor does playing one mean you can't play the other(s).

Comment by taggme

on 2011/11/21 01:41:47

I so hope SWTOR lives up to half of its hype so that WOW will lose even more then the millions of subscriptions this year alone. How many more subscriptions most WOW lose before they fire the person responsible, Ghostcrawler "Greg Street"?

I do miss Tigule(tigole? o-0) left ulduar era for Titan and was replaced by current headman. but yeah. Starwars looks AWESOME! <3 so great that there will be a WoWhead style site for it ^_^. Will be a lotta good for a lotta people

Comment by Alithya

on 2011/11/21 02:04:09

I'm very glad to see this! SWTOR is starting to look like a great game, and its good to see it's going to have great support sites. Not having a good database for such a huge game would be terrible. I'm looking forward to using this while I'm in need of some help on my Sith Sorcerer. Good Job, ZAM!

Comment by isvein

on 2011/11/21 02:04:33

If TOR only was for OSX too, I be glad to try it.But I don't fancy to use boot camp that mutch and I guess TOR won't run very good in Parallels.

Comment by Alithya

on 2011/11/21 02:12:12

Checked Lightsabers and OMG THERE ARE OVER 700+ OF THEM. I mean WTF? wow has 500 1handed swords and we're already on the third expansion almost 7 years later, TOR hasn't even launched and has 700 lightsabers? for real? damn O_O

And that's not including the dual-bladed lightsabers. o.o

Comment by ChronicAddict

on 2011/11/21 02:52:39

I so hope SWTOR lives up to half of its hype so that WOW will lose even more then the millions of subscriptions this year alone. How many more subscriptions most WOW lose before they fire the person responsible, Ghostcrawler "Greg Street"?

I really would like this thread to remain civil to WoW and SWTOR, so please refrain from talking about negative feelings for either game. SWTOR is a fun venture (and one I really hope succeeds), but not at the expense of World of Warcraft. I know many people will be subscribed to both.

To introduce SWTOR into the "head" family is a pretty big deal for us--and I hope you guys can join me in celebrating that...rather than bashing a certain crab people either love or hate ;)

I agree that people should be civil, but to say people shouldn't say anything bad about these games is a completely totalitarian attitude.

I'm sorry, but that really pissed me off, and I had to say something.

Comment by Ashelia

on 2011/11/21 03:03:21

I agree that people should be civil, but to say people shouldn't say anything bad about these games is a completely totalitarian attitude.

I'm sorry, but that really pissed me off, and I had to say something.

This thread is not the place to discuss either game pitted against each other =)

You can say you hate the current direction of WoW in another thread and question Blizzard's policies. But this is NOT the place because that is off-topic and derailing. This thread is here to introduce a site to those who may play SWTOR and to welcome another "head" site into existence; not to discuss MoP, Greg Street, or any direction WoW may be taking in comparison to SWTOR.

You're free to dissent anywhere else, so it's far from totalitarian. But I have little patience for arguing if SWTOR is better than WoW or vice versa which is what this thread was going to devolve into given the tone of the first reply.